💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bear bait"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bear-baitnoun | Alternative form of bearbait. [An instance of bearbaiting.] |
| bear-baitingnoun | Alternative form of bearbaiting. [A blood sport in which dogs are set upon a chained bear] |
| bearbaitnoun | An instance of bearbaiting. |
| bear marketnoun | (finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 20% or more on some specific stock market index. |
| bearhoundnoun | A dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting. |
| beartrapnoun | (hunting) A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap. |
| bull marketnoun | (finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise. |
| bearnoun | A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae. |
| bear hangnoun | (camping) The act of hanging one's food supplies from a rope slung over a tree branch to prevent bears from getting to them |
| bearleadernoun | (by extension, historical) Someone acting as a chaperone and tutor to a wealthy young man travelling abroad, especially in Europe. |
| cynarctomachynoun | (obsolete) bearbaiting with a dog |
| bear gardennoun | (historical) A public place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. |
| bearwardnoun | (chiefly UK, historical) Someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments such as baiting or dancing displays; a bearherd. |
| bear meatnoun | meat from a bear |
| bearherdnoun | (chiefly UK, archaic, historical) Synonym of bearward (“someone who handles and keeps bears (and sometimes other animals such as apes and bulls), especially for use in public entertainments such as baiting or dancing displays”). |
| bullbaitingnoun | An old blood sport involving the baiting of bulls with dogs. |
| rabbit trailnoun | (Southern US, Appalachia, Midwestern US, slang) A convoluted discourse or tangential aside. |
| cow bitenoun | A large pinch performed with the entire hand, squeezing everything between thumb and fingers rather than just using the fingertips. |
| bull feastnoun | (now rare) An entertainment featuring a bull; a bull baiting; (in Spanish contexts) a bullfight. |
| crowbaitnoun | (US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse. |
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